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A. MENDEL.

MEANS FOR CARRYING KNAPSAGKS.

' Patented Dec. -7, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED MENDEL, OF STIEHLEN, NEAR DRESDEN, SAXONY,GERMANY.

MEANS FOR CARRYING KNAPSACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,874, dated December7, 1886.

Application filed July 8, 1886. Serial No. 207,485. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED MENDEL, of Stiehlen, near Dresden, Kingdom ofSaxony, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Means for Carrying Knapsacks, of which the following is aspecification.

In my patent for means for carrying knapsacks, No. 292,566, datedJanuary 29, 1884, I have shown and described a device for supporting theknapsack, which device is connected to and supported by the coat.

My present improvement relates to a means for carrying a knapsack, whichconsists in a waistcoat or corset having straps to connect the same tothe person of the wearer and straps for carrying a basket and vessel orbundle of luggage, upon which the lower edge of the knapsack rests, andby which a portion of its weight is carried.

Instead of connecting the knapsack to the coat, I use a waistcoatfrontor partial garment, to which the knapsack is connected.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is the partial garment, called the waistcoator corset, which may be fastened to the body by the neckstrap a,- and bythe waist-straps b, at proper places, the straps c are fastened to thiswaistcoat, which straps are intended to hold, by means of buckles,rings, or hooks, the knapsack-bearer.

In Fig. 2 the waistcoat-front is shown as made of two pieces, and eitherunited in front by strings or, as in Fig. 3, by straps In Fig. 4 theknapsack-bearer is shown,

sack is distributed upon the back, chest, and hips, instead of beingcarried alone by the back.

My waistcoat or corset is made either in one piece, as seen in Fig. l,or in two pieces that are connected by lacing or by straps and buckles,as in Figs. 2 and 3, and said waistcoat is designed to cover the frontportion of the body from the waist to the shoulders.

Astrap, a, passing around the neck, and a strap, b, around the waist,serve to hold the waistcoat in place. The straps c, with rings, hooks,or buckles upon their ends, are connected to the waistcoat or corset,and from them the basket of straps e is supported, and a field-kettle,d, or other vessel or luggage, is held within the basket of straps, andupon said field-kettle or luggage d the lower part of the knapsackrests, and part of its weight is thussupported.

It is evident that the basket of straps e and field-kettle d may besubstituted by any device that is properly connected to the waistcoat,and will act as a support for the knapsack and accomplish the purpose ofdistributing 1h weight over different parts of the body.

I claim as my invention 1. As a means for carrying a knapsack, awaistcoat or corset coming over the chest, straps for securing the sameupon the person of the wearer, and a support secured to said straps, andupon which the knapsack rests, substantially as-set forth.

2. The combination, in a knapsack-support, of a waistcoator corset, aneck-strap, a, waiststrap 1), side strap, 0, basket of straps e, and asupport within said basket, and upon which the knapsack can rest,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED MENDEL.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL DRUoKMtiLLER, WILHELM WILsENHiiTTER.

